{"id":458,"date":"2026-09-20T22:01:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T02:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graciebarra.com\/northville-mi\/?post_type=news&p=458"},"modified":"2026-09-20T22:01:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T02:01:30","slug":"9-21-cross-training","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/graciebarra.com\/northville-mi\/news\/9-21-cross-training\/","title":{"rendered":"9\/21: CROSS TRAINING"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cross training is good if done the right way….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"article":"Newsletter 9_21_2026<\/a>\r\n\r\nThis Monday, the Muay Thai class will be doing our 3rd installment of cross training with the students from Commonwealth BJJ at their location this time.\u00a0 I am a big proponent of occasional cross training with other gyms and I thought this would be a great opportunity to share my perspective.\r\n\r\nCross training is the process of visiting other gyms occasionally to train with different students.\u00a0 It is a great way to train with students that will have a different focus, different skills, or different perspective on training.\u00a0 Every gym will have a style or system that they teach their students based upon the knowledge of that instructor.\u00a0 While good instructors will share information that is not their specialty so students can become well rounded, every instructor will have a set of skills that have worked for them and they will inevitably spend more time on those skills.\u00a0 It is always good to get a different perspective and work any learnings into your own training.\u00a0 Whenever I travel, I always make it a point to find a gym to go train at to see what I can learn, but to also share what I know.\u00a0 At the last seminar I attended at GB Romeo, I shared my half-guard fundamentals with the purple belt instructors running the class and they were incredibly appreciative of the improvements I was able to provide them.\r\n\r\nIn the past, my experience was that instructors were less comfortable with students cross training.\u00a0 Ten years ago, before YouTube and all the easy access to online content, many instructors wanted to keep their knowledge in their gym because they felt if they had something unique to offer, they didn\u2019t want it getting out for free, or possibly causing them to lose a benefit they had over another gym.\u00a0 But in this digital age, information sharing is so open those walls have essentially crumbled down.\u00a0 There was also an insecurity from some gym owners that students would enjoy the other gym better and swap locations.\u00a0 My viewpoint on that is that every gym will have its own culture and if your students don\u2019t like your culture, they will eventually leave anyway.\u00a0 If your students don\u2019t gel with your culture, they are either not a good fit for your gym, or you need to change your culture.\r\n\r\nBut just as important to know is what cross training is NOT.\u00a0 Cross training is NOT hopping from gym to gym every week, hopping in random classes and trying to learn one or two nuggets of knowledge and trying to pick the instructors brain for their best techniques to add to your knowledge.\u00a0 Not having a home gym you are dedicated to and simply hopping from gym to gym will only get you so far.\u00a0 Instructors are very aware of gym hoppers and will spend very little time on them.\u00a0 From my perspective, I will spend most of my time on dedicated members that have committed themselves to the gym, the instructors, and the other students.\u00a0 YOU are the ones that deserve the most attention.\r\n\r\nI have a very good relationship with many gym owners in SE Detroit and am supportive of our members occasionally training with them.\u00a0 I do this myself, especially around IBJJF World Master competitions where many of us that compete get together to prepare for the event.\u00a0 On the flip side, there are also gyms in the area that I would not recommend and encourage you to check with me if you ever decide to reach out to any gym to go visit.\u00a0 For the most part, the Muay Thai and BJJ gym community in SE Michigan is very respectful as so many of us have known each other for years or decades.\u00a0 Enjoy the journey, enjoy the opportunity to cross train, but also be sure to support your home gym, where ever that may be!","featured_image":"","featured_image_id":"","featured_article":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-458","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n9\/21: CROSS TRAINING - 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